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The Journal of Joshua Loper

A Black Cowboy

by Myers, Walter Dean

In 1871 Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail ...

'Amistad'

A Long Road to Freedom

by Myers, Walter Dean

Traces the 1839 revolt of Africans against their Spanish captors aboard the slave ship Amistad, their landing in the United States and arrest for piracy and mu...

Toussaint L'Ouverture

The Fight for Haiti's Freedom

by Myers, Walter Dean & Lawrence, Jacob

A collection of paintings by Jacob Lawrence chronicling the liberation of Haiti in 1804 under the leadership of General Toussaint L'Ouverture.

Darnell Rock Reporting

by Myers, Walter Dean

Thirteen-year-old Darnell's twin sister and the other members of the Corner Crew have doubts about his work on the school newspaper, but the article he writes ...

A Place Called Heartbreak

A Story of Vietnam

by Myers, Walter Dean & Haley, Alex & Porter, Frederick

Describes the ordeal of Major Fred Cherry, who was shot down in combat over Vietnam and spent seven-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi.

Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights

by Myers, Walter Dean

After T.J. and his younger brother are adopted, the biggest problems they face are winning an international baseball tournament, held in their New Jersey homet...

The Mouse Rap

by Myers, Walter Dean

During an eventful summer in Harlem, fourteen-year-old Mouse and his friends fall in and out of love and search for a hidden treasure from the days of Al Capon...

Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid

by Myers, Walter Dean & Pate, Rodney

Although adoption has taken them out of the New Jersey institution where they grew up, eleven-year-old T.J. and his younger brother Moondance remain involved w...

Adventure in Granada

by Myers, Walter Dean

While visiting Spain, Chris and Ken try to save a friend who has been falsely accused of stealing a valuable cross.